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- ↑ "Presentan tráiler de película Código Paz". El Nuevo Diario (in Spanish). Santo Domingo. 4 May 2014. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
- ↑ Espinal Hernández, Edwin Rafael (5 May 2012). "Inmigrantes y adelantos tecnológicos (3 de 7)" [Immigrants and Technological Advances (3 of 7)] (in Spanish). Instituto Dominicano de Genealogía. Archived from the original on 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ Llenas, Alejandro (2007). Andrés Blanco Díaz (ed.). Apuntes históricos sobre Santo Domingo [Historical notes about Santo Domingo](PDF) (in Spanish). Santo Domingo: Archivo General de la Nación. ISBN 978-9945-020-27-4. Archived from the original (pdf) on 17 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
- ↑ "La historia de David Maler, el esposo de Nashla" (in Spanish). Casa de Campo, La Romana: MásVIP. 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- ↑ "Boda de Nashla Bogaert causa revuelo" (in Spanish). Imágenes Dominicanas. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 21 May 2014.